I have been a fan of Mercenary since 'Everblack', and although the days of '11 Dreams' and 'Hours that Remain' are gone, I did like 'Metamorphosis' and 'Through Our Darkest Days'... I don't think they will ever be as heavy and as dark as they use to be, but damn, I thought there are some seriously great vocal moments on this album, namely the ending to Dreamstate Machine... IDK, I really dug this release...

Yeah, pehaps you're right. Emo might be the wrong word, but all those sickeningly sweet choruses etc. got me so turned off, I wrote that comment in despair. It felt a lot like the song "The Harlot and the Beast" by A7X with that horrible chorus. Perhaps it should be named Sugar Metal.

Also, I feel like I wronged HIM a bit. They're not nearly as awful as this hideous thing, and they have some nice tunes here and there.

Yeah, pehaps you're right. Emo might be the wrong word, but all those sickeningly sweet choruses etc. got me so turned off, I wrote that comment in despair. It felt a lot like the song "The Harlot and the Beast" by A7X with that horrible chorus. Perhaps it should be named Sugar Metal.

Also, I feel like I wronged HIM a bit. They're not nearly as awful as this hideous thing, and they have some nice tunes here and there.

So does this. Beyond This Night is a pretty dope song, though that was the only one that stood out for me. I am mostly indifferent towards this, the cleans in some places did annoy me but otherwise was listenable. Not on par with Everblack though.